Dr Kyoko Niimi
| Position | Honorary Senior Research Fellow |
|---|---|
| Department | Department of Oral Sciences |
| Qualifications | DVM (Kyushu Dental) PhD (Otago) |
| Research summary | Molecular mycology, antifungal resistance, drug discovery |
Research
Dr Niimi's research interests are in molecular microbiology, particularly in mycology research and the development of drug efflux pump inhibitors. Her three main areas of research expertise are the molecular biology of human fungal pathogens Candida albicans and Candida glabrata, the mechanisms of antifungal drug resistance, and heterologous protein expression in baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Publications
Niimi, K., Harding, D. R. K., Holmes, A. R., Lamping, E., Niimi, M., Tyndall, J. D. A., Cannon, R. D., & Monk, B. C. (2012). Specific interactions between the Candida albicans ABC transporter Cdr1p ectodomain and a D-octapeptide derivative inhibitor. Molecular Microbiology, 85(4), 747-767. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08140.x
Niimi, K., Woods, M. A., Maki, K., Nakayama, H., Hatakenaka, K., Chibana, H., … Niimi, M., Cannon, R. D., & Monk, B. C. (2012). Reconstitution of high-level micafungin resistance detected in a clinical isolate of Candida glabrata identifies functional homozygosity in glucan synthase gene expression. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67(7), 1666-1676. doi: 10.1093/jac/dks112
Niimi, K., Monk, B. C., Hirai, A., Hatakenaka, K., Umeyama, T., Lamping, E., … Cannon, R. D., & Niimi, M. (2010). Clinically significant micafungin resistance in Candida albicans involves modification of a glucan synthase catalytic subunit GSC1 (FKS1) allele followed by loss of heterozygosity. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 65, 842-852. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq073
Cannon, R. D., Lamping, E., Holmes, A. R., Niimi, K., Baret, P. V., Keniya, M. V., … Niimi, M., … Monk, B. C. (2009). Efflux-mediated antifungal drug resistance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 22(2), 291-321. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00051-08
Niimi, K., Maki, K., Ikeda, F., Holmes, A. R., Lamping, E., Niimi, M., Monk, B. C., & Cannon, R. D. (2006). Overexpression of Candida albicans CDR1, CDR2, or MDR1 does not produce significant changes in echinocandin susceptibility. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 50(4), 1148-1155.
Niimi, K., Harding, D. R. K., Holmes, A. R., Lamping, E., Niimi, M., Tyndall, J. D. A., Cannon, R. D., & Monk, B. C. (2012). Specific interactions between the Candida albicans ABC transporter Cdr1p ectodomain and a D-octapeptide derivative inhibitor. Molecular Microbiology, 85(4), 747-767. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08140.x
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Niimi, K., Woods, M. A., Maki, K., Nakayama, H., Hatakenaka, K., Chibana, H., … Niimi, M., Cannon, R. D., & Monk, B. C. (2012). Reconstitution of high-level micafungin resistance detected in a clinical isolate of Candida glabrata identifies functional homozygosity in glucan synthase gene expression. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67(7), 1666-1676. doi: 10.1093/jac/dks112
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Niimi, K., Monk, B. C., Hirai, A., Hatakenaka, K., Umeyama, T., Lamping, E., … Cannon, R. D., & Niimi, M. (2010). Clinically significant micafungin resistance in Candida albicans involves modification of a glucan synthase catalytic subunit GSC1 (FKS1) allele followed by loss of heterozygosity. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 65, 842-852. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq073
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Cannon, R. D., Lamping, E., Holmes, A. R., Niimi, K., Baret, P. V., Keniya, M. V., … Niimi, M., … Monk, B. C. (2009). Efflux-mediated antifungal drug resistance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 22(2), 291-321. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00051-08
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Niimi, K., Maki, K., Ikeda, F., Holmes, A. R., Lamping, E., Niimi, M., Monk, B. C., & Cannon, R. D. (2006). Overexpression of Candida albicans CDR1, CDR2, or MDR1 does not produce significant changes in echinocandin susceptibility. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 50(4), 1148-1155.
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Lamping, E., Monk, B. C., Niimi, K., Holmes, A. R., Tsao, S., Tanabe, K., Niimi, M., … Cannon, R. D. (2007). Characterization of three classes of membrane proteins involved in fungal azole resistance by functional hyperexpression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryotic Cell, 6(7), 1150-1165.
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Holmes, A. R., Tsao, S., Ong, S.-W., Lamping, E., Niimi, K., Monk, B. C., Niimi, M., … Cannon, R. D. (2006). Heterozygosity and functional allelic variation in the Candida albicans efflux pump genes CDR1 and CDR2. Molecular Microbiology, 62(1), 170-186.
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Lamping, E., Ranchod, A., Nakamura, K., Tyndall, J. D. A., Niimi, K., Holmes, A. R., Niimi, M., & Cannon, R. D. (2009). Abc1p is a multidrug efflux transporter that tips the balance in favor of innate azole resistance in Candida krusei. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 53(2), 354-369. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01095-08
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Holmes, A. R., Lin, Y.-H., Niimi, K., Lamping, E., Keniya, M., Niimi, M., … Monk, B. C., & Cannon, R. D. (2008). ABC transporter Cdr1p contributes more than Cdr2p does to fluconazole efflux in fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans clinical isolates. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 52(11), 3851-3862. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00463-08
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Cannon, R. D., Lamping, E., Holmes, A. R., Niimi, K., Tanabe, K., & Monk, B. C. (2007). Candida albicans drug resistance: Another way to cope with stress. Microbiology, 153, 3211-3217.
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Holmes, A. R., Tsao, S., Lamping, E., Niimi, K., Monk, B. C., Tanabe, K., Niimi, M., & Cannon, R. D. (2006). Amino acid residues affecting drug pump function in Candida albicans: C. albicans drug pump function [Review]. Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi, 47(4), 275-281.
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Niimi, K., & Niimi, M. (2009). The mechanisms of resistance to echinocandin class of antifungal drugs [Article in Japanese]. Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi, 50(2), 57-66.
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Hayama, K., Ishibashi, H., Ishijima, S. A., Niimi, K., Tansho, S., Ono, Y., Monk, B. C., Holmes, A. R., … Cannon, R. D., & Abe, S. (2012). A D-octapeptide drug efflux pump inhibitor acts synergistically with azoles in a murine oral candidiasis infection model. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 328(2), 130-137. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02490.x
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